By: Hannah Craft School of Athens by Raphael 1510-1511, Apostolic Palace, Vatican.
Introduction to Aristotle Aristotle (384 B.C. to 322 B.C.) was a very influential philosopher in the world of Ancient world Greece along with his teacher Plato. In his life he taught Alexander the Great. Which gave him many opportunities and supplies for any experiment he could imagine. He established a library, which was a big step in getting hi many books "published". Aristotle was a pupil of Plato, that contributed to his former views of Platonism. However, after Plato's death, Aristotle dove himself in empirical studies, moving from Platonism to empiricism.
Biography Aristotle, whose name means "the best purpose", was more than a smart man that lived a long time ago. Student of Plato, Aristotle made his marks in the world of logic, poetry, politics, metaphysics, biology, psychology and ethics. Aristotle's father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child. So, at the young age of 17 he was sent of to become a student at Plato's Academy. Then as his philosophical involvement got more serious, he founded his own school, Lyceum. He had a very strong bond with Plato, but sometimes, not his works. Aristotle once stated simply but strongly, "Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is the truth" and with that being said the study of ethics became Aristotle's muse. Sadly most of his worlds dies in Europe, during the dark age, but thrived in Arab countries.
Main Ideas and key questions
"How is the world governed"
"Are gods keeping it going"
objects that "exist"
Philosophy Aristotle was a conventional polytheist and empiricist. Empiricism- the practice of basing ideas and theories on testing and experience. He also spend time in the worlds of logic, ethics, aesthetics,poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government. In the science world is where his talent shined. He became an astronomer, zoologist, geologist, physicist, cosmologist, and biologist. The most impressive works to this day have not been touched or edited because of their outstanding, long lasting accuracy.He is the most modern and well know ancient philosopher. Aristotle also was the author of "physics". He also had a love for poetry. "poetry is more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history". He could go from studying philosophy in the morning to, almost finished with a meteorology experiment. Meteorology- between earth and moon or "mid-air". In Latin, "Ea meteora" it means things suspended in middle air. His view of nature- Fire- hot/day
Earth- cold/dry
Air- cold/hot/wet
Water- cold/hot/wet
Four parts of nature. Earth, wind, air, water. Each is described by being wet, dry, hot, or cold.
Quotes
"the weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either"
"All men by nature desire to know"
"Men are good in one way, but bad in many"
"Man by nature is a political animal." Sources
"The story of philosophy; the essential guide to the history of western philosophy"
By: Bryan Magee
"The little book of Big ideas; Philosophy"
By: Jeremy Stangroom
"A passion for wisdom"
By: Robert C. Solomon
and Kathleen M. Higgins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle
School of Athens by Raphael 1510-1511, Apostolic Palace, Vatican.
Introduction to Aristotle
Aristotle (384 B.C. to 322 B.C.) was a very influential philosopher in the world of Ancient world Greece along with his teacher Plato. In his life he taught Alexander the Great. Which gave him many opportunities and supplies for any experiment he could imagine. He established a library, which was a big step in getting hi many books "published". Aristotle was a pupil of Plato, that contributed to his former views of Platonism. However, after Plato's death, Aristotle dove himself in empirical studies, moving from Platonism to empiricism.
Biography
Aristotle, whose name means "the best purpose", was more than a smart man that lived a long time ago. Student of Plato, Aristotle made his marks in the world of logic, poetry, politics, metaphysics, biology, psychology and ethics. Aristotle's father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child. So, at the young age of 17 he was sent of to become a student at Plato's Academy.
Then as his philosophical involvement got more serious, he founded his own school, Lyceum. He had a very strong bond with Plato, but sometimes, not his works. Aristotle once stated simply but strongly, "Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is the truth" and with that being said the study of ethics became Aristotle's muse. Sadly most of his worlds dies in Europe, during the dark age, but thrived in Arab countries.
Main Ideas and key questions
"How is the world governed"
"Are gods keeping it going"
objects that "exist"
Philosophy
Aristotle was a conventional polytheist and empiricist. Empiricism- the practice of basing ideas and theories on testing and experience. He also spend time in the worlds of logic, ethics, aesthetics,poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government. In the science world is where his talent shined. He became an astronomer, zoologist, geologist, physicist, cosmologist, and biologist. The most impressive works to this day have not been touched or edited because of their outstanding, long lasting accuracy.He is the most modern and well know ancient philosopher. Aristotle also was the author of "physics". He also had a love for poetry. "poetry is more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history". He could go from studying philosophy in the morning to, almost finished with a meteorology experiment. Meteorology- between earth and moon or "mid-air". In Latin, "Ea meteora" it means things suspended in middle air.
His view of nature-
Fire- hot/day
Earth- cold/dry
Air- cold/hot/wet
Water- cold/hot/wet
Four parts of nature. Earth, wind, air, water. Each is described by being wet, dry, hot, or cold.
Quotes
"the weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either"
"All men by nature desire to know"
"Men are good in one way, but bad in many"
"Man by nature is a political animal."
Sources
"The story of philosophy; the essential guide to the history of western philosophy"
By: Bryan Magee
"The little book of Big ideas; Philosophy"
By: Jeremy Stangroom
"A passion for wisdom"
By: Robert C. Solomon
and Kathleen M. Higgins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle